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From a few years back -

Cowboy version

+1 to everything David H said about Blurb. I use them for about 7 different books a year of grand kids & grand kids sports teams photo books I give as Christmas presents. I also prefer the older BookSmart over the newer BookWright software, perhaps just because I am more familiar with BookSmart. You can easily modify the existing page layouts or create new ones from scratch. Mixing photos and text boxes is easy. In addition to their special discount offers, there is usually a discount for signing up a friend. Both parties get some discount – either in percent off or straight dollars. I also get mine ready, then wait on the 50% off special that usually happens around Black Friday. I have also found it best to bump up the saturation & contrast a little as David suggests. The only place I differ from David is where to stop. The size book I use has a 242 page limit. I hit that limit every time, but I tell myself it is so the books will have a consistent look from year to year.

I know a guy who shoots high school sports for a website ran by a local radio station. The station also broadcasts the games so they encourage him to get some shots up at halftime and again a few minutes after the game. He rates on the fly to identify the ones he wants to upload on game day. By the next morning he usually has a better selection up, but the couple dozen he uploads during the game draws a lot of traffic to the site. He jokes that for high school kids, fast is always better than good.

On a foggy October morning.

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